逢ひ見ては慰むやとぞ思ひしを
名残しもこそ恋しかりけれ
名残しもこそ恋しかりけれ
- Roma-ji
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Aimite wa nagusamu ya to zo omoishi o nagori shi mo koso koishikarikere
- English Translation
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I thought that once
we had met, my heart would find
some comfort at last,
but it is the lingering trace
that I long for all the more.
- Meaning
- I thought that once we met my heart would be consoled, but it is the lingering afterglow that I long for all the more.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Love Poems II 711
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that the poet had thought meeting would console the heart, but it is the lingering afterglow of the meeting that is longed for all the more. Like the preceding poem, 710, it entrusts to the word "nagori," what lingers after, the feeling that longing grows only after a meeting.
The author, Sakanoue no Korenori, is said to have been a descendant of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro and served as Assistant Governor of Kaga among other posts. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets and is known for his poem "asaborake ariake no tsuki to miru made ni" in the Hyakunin Isshu.
First line, "aimite wa," means "once we had met," beginning with the same word as the first line of the preceding poem, 710, "aimite no."
Second line, "nagusamu ya to zo," means "that I would be consoled," with the binding particle "zo" resolved by "shi" in the third line.
Third line, "omoishi o," means "I thought, but," with "shi" the attributive form of the past auxiliary "ki" and "o" concessive.
Fourth line, "nagori shi mo koso," means "it is the lingering trace," with "shi" and "mo" emphatic and the binding particle "koso" resolved by the perfective form "kere" in the final line.
Final line, "koishikarikere," means "that I long for."
- Author
- Sakanoue no Koreyuki
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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